Magic Reserves & Support Services, Wednesday Afternoon

[glacial_queen]

Unlike last week's meeting with its healthy offers, today's snacks were a tribute to comfort food. Pastries and hot chocolate were well-represented, though there were some fruits and teas, too. "Good to see we managed to survive another Parents' Weekend without something dreadful happening to the island. Or because of it, as the case may be." Trufax, Karla lived in fear of the day something decided to invade while her family was around. "While we definitely want to give everyone a chance to talk about the weekend, we'd also like to focus on something else."

If for no other reason than because people might be all PW'd out by now.

"One of the best parts about coming to Fandom is that there's always someone out there with a different viewpoint. Sometimes it's hard to accept or find common ground--" and Karla was just going to not look at anyone right there, "--but as long as the conversation stays civil and polite, there's no reason that dissimilar viewpoints have to lead to anger or hurt feelings. In fact, different experiences can lead to something very useful and important: new ideas. Synthesis between several different views, leading to something new and interesting. We all have to learn to think outside the our personal boxes."

"That leads us to today's activity." From behind the leaders, Karla picked up a big cardboard box and spilled the contents out onto the end of the table. Out spilled several lengths of cork, candlestubs, and several boxes of tacks. "Form little groups and decide how to affix your lighted candle to the cork wall, without letting any of the candlewax drip onto the ground below. The only materials you can work with are your candle, your box of tacks, and whatever powers and ingenuity your group can lay claim to."

"You may use whatever knowledge or gifts you possess to light the candle," Raven said. She had to wonder if teleporting it to a volcano would count or not. "But it must be lit when you affix it to the corkboard."'

"But don't burn yourself," Tara winced, because ow. "And...like Karla said, if you need to talk about your guests, we're all here."

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Arrive and Mingle

[glacial_queen]

Eat, drink, be merry, complain about the weather...

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

Alexander rubbed the back of his neck a little, not really having much of an appetite with the topic at hand. The irony of who was touting them to think outside their own personal boxes and the encouragement to use 'gifts,' as they called them, for something as little as lighting a candle to no real end except doing it made him wonder yet again if this was something he really wanted to be a part of.

Now, if they had to light the candle to get into a dungeon so they could get a secret item that would help serve some other random important task, that would be another story....

Still, perhaps, then, what Alexander decided to strive to do, was figure out the solution without the easy solution of using magic.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[talks-backwards.livejournal.com]

Eating? Check. Merriness? Pending. Weather? Zatanna didn't mind it.

She was more interested in deciding which would be the less unfair way to do the whole candle trick. Maybe she shouldn't use her magic? But Karla had said they could so...well, she would decide when she got to do it.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[stylin-wizard.livejournal.com]

Alex helped herself to a pastry and hot chocolate (it was her weakness, after all). Sure, her favorite time of year was the summer but she didn't really mind the fall -- if only because the leaves changed colors.

It was pretty, okay?

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[onlymistaken]

Cally could handle eating and drinking; calm would have to substitute for merry as she availed herself of hot chocolate and a raspberry-filled pastry.

As for the weather, it would hardly be fair to complain when she still hadn't trekked into town to buy herself a jacket yet.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[brat_inslayage]

Kennedy was hanging around per usual, of course, shamelessly taking advantage of the snacks and mostly just observing to see how everyone was going to pull this off.

She was paging through an online newspaper on her phone as she nibbled, past an article about the need for better odor control in the Sunnydale junkyards, because whatever. Who cared about that?

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

More coffee and food, excellent. The activity looked... interesting. Hmm.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[nothornlessrose.livejournal.com]

Cassidy had hot chocolate and was paying attention to the discussion and not thinking at all about some things that had happened over the weekend. Nope, not at all.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

Elphaba found an apple amongst the sweeter fare and chewed on it as she thought.

She wasn't so sure she'd be able to do anything too clever with today's activity.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

Aahhh, finally it was cool enough to wear her leather jacket again. That plus the hot chocolate equaled one happy Elf.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Sookie was going to cling to the hot chocolate she'd selected, yes. Even if it wasn't that cold, she was still already in Winter-Bitchery mode.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[angelo_wings]

Rinoa was getting snacks, and she had a copy of the play script with her.

Okay, she was failing to memorize her lines so far. That was why she brought it.

Get it off your chest

[glacial_queen]

Want to talk about your Parents' Weekend Experience? We're all here to listen.

Re: Get it off your chest

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

"If any of you encountered a very nosy overly enthusiastic slightly hyper guy who thought it was awesome to meet you, and he pestered you or your family, I apologize. So much." Scully rubbed her forehead from a phantom headache. "The only thing my brother didn't do this weekend was get bit by a gremlin."

Activity

[glacial_queen]

Your items: a candle, a piece of corkboard, a box of tacks. Attach the candle to the corkboard in such a way that it stays up and doesn't drip candlewax on the ground. Make sure it's lit when you attach it.

There are no matches.

Yay teamwork!

Re: Activity

[life_inshadow]

Tara knew the solution, but she was willing to help a group that just needed a hand.

Don't ask her to cheat and give away the answer, though.

Re: Activity

[talks-backwards.livejournal.com]

Now, Zatanna wasn't a prideful person, but someone that tended to answer 'with magic' to every question as how something would or should be done, it was easy to get a lot of hot air in her head.

She was trying to find a way to do the trick without magic though. The little flame dancing on her index finger was as much as she thought it would be fair, since she didn't know how else she was supposed to light the candle.

Teamwork would be much appreciated~

Talk to the leaders

[glacial_queen]

Or do a dance for their entertainment. Whatever.

Re: Talk to the leaders

[glacial_queen]

Karla was eying the candle setup. She could do the whole assignment with Craft, easily enough, but where was the fun in that?

She'd be happy to listen and chat, however.

Re: Talk to the leaders

[trigons_child]

Raven had managed to recover from her fit of pique about Rumor Gal and was in a much better mood today, really.

Except for having Vampire Issues on the mind thanks to talking to Scully the night before. Stupid vampires.

Re: Talk to the leaders

[swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com]

Dolf was actually having a Moment with the candle, or rather, thinking about the candle, and the tacks, and how this was really supposed to go.

He was starting to have Doubts about this endeavour, though he did wind up decorating a candle with some tacks while no one was watching. Shush.

Re: Talk to the leaders

[life_inshadow]

Tara would appreciate that dance, actually.

Maladicta seemed okay, and she'd met Kennedy's watcher without anything going wrong. So life was good. She just wanted to see dancing.

OOC

[glacial_queen]

The kittehs had a trip to the vet this morning, complete with a shot. I am now being ignored with injured dignity.

Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad.

Re: OOC

[isntabitpretty.livejournal.com]

That was me on Saturday.

Oh, my infinitely palpable sense of rejection, let me show you how pathetic it was.

Re: OOC

[angelo_wings]

The vet people called me back today and are using words like "biopsy."

Today sucked.